Improvement in spectacle-cases



C. BUCKLEY.

Improvement in Spectacle-Cases.

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Patented Oct. 15,1872.

NrrED STATES -PA'IEN'I OFFICE.

CHAUNCEY BUCKLEY, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGN OR TO CHARLES PARKER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPECTACLE-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,246, dated October 15, 1.872.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHAUNCEY BUCKLEY, of Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Case for Spectacles; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of 'the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification and represents, in

Figure l, a perspective view; Fig. 2, a transverse section on line x m,- Fig. 3, a verticalv central section; Fig. 4, a sectional view of one part 5 Fig. 5, a section of the other part as formed previous to closing; and in Fig. 6 an edge view of the upper end of both parts previous to closing.

This invention relates to the construction of a case for eye-glasses, spectacles, 825e., the object being to produce a metallic case lined with some soft or ilexible material, as cloth or leather; and it consists in the construction of a case in two parts, closed together so as to secure the lining, as more fully hereinafter described.

'lhe case, as represented in Fig. l, is designed for eye-glasses. For spectacles the construction and form is the same, but longer.

The case is formed from two plates, A, Fig. 4, and B, Fig. 5, both curved, so that when set together they will form, in transverse section, a case shaped as in Fig. 2, and at one end drawn together, as seen in Fig. 3. The plate A is, by preference, formed with a flat edge,

a, and the plate B with a corresponding flat edge, b, and with a flange, d, turned up around its edges, except at the top. The plate A tits between the iianges d of the plate B, and, when set therein, the ange d is, by suitable dies, struck down onto and closed over the edge a ofthe plate A, as seen in Fig. 2, which secures the two plates iirmly together. These two plates are struck from sheet metal into the form required by suitable dies. The lining, shown in solid black, Figs. 2 and 3, is placed upon the inside of the plates' before they are closed together, the edge of the lining extending into the joint between the plates, as in Fig. 2, so that when the plates are closed together the lining is firmly secured in place. To protect and secure the lining at the upper or open end I turn a flange, f, inward, as in Fig. 6; and after the lining is placed upon the plates this flange is struck down and closed onto the lining, and seen in Figs. l and 3; hence all possibility of loosening the lining is avoided.

lWhile I prefer to close a ange, f, over the lining at the top, this is not essential.

I claim as my inventiont As an article of manufacture, the hereindescribed metallic case for eye glasses or spectacles, formed from two plates, A and B, lined and closed together, substantially in the manner described, and with or without the tlangef.

CHAUNCEY BUCKLEY.

Witnesses:

A. J. TIBBI'rs, J onN H. SHUMWAY. 

